Review: Colors' Rangrasiya

Rangrasiya

Show name: Rangrasiya

Channel: Colors

Leads: Sanaya Irani and Ashish Sharma

Director: Siddharth Sengupta

Producer: Nautanki Telefilms

Okay, how do we begin? Well, if one would ask us to define Rangrasiya in a sentence, we would not rack our brains a lot and utter, “It is a Kismi bar chocolate wrapped in a Dairy Milk wrapper”.

Oh, mars the level of profoundness? But that’s the best we can give to the show given its technical superiority but archaic (like a Dinosaur egg) plot.

Before moving on, we must mention that one of the benefits for viewers (and critics) reaps from continued and sustained excellence in the drama field is that writers, directors and producers, perhaps feeling pressured to stand out even among the best, are experimenting more noticeably with tone, pace, structure and visual impact.

But alas, they fail miserably over and over again at the conceptual level. Nothing is really fresh these days on Indian television. Though the word creativity is overrated, still a certain amount of sparkle is expected.

Moving on, watch Rangrasiya and you would fathom immediately that it’s come out of the head of Saurabh Tewari. The man thinks cinema but does television, which might not work all the time.

We are sure many have seen the show by now, and have realized that a chirpy and lively Paro (Sanaya Irani) is pitted against the angry young man Rudra (Ashish Sharma).

They will meet, differences will crop up, situations will lead to them falling in love and blah blah blah.

While watching the first episode and the quick jump from the kids’ childhood to the present day affair, did impress us. We thought, thank God the pace is swift.

But what comes next forced us to pop an Aspirin or two. Slow motion close up shots of Sanaya Irani and Ashish Sharma (we know they are the leads, big deal…itna footage?), and over the top background score, forced us to reach for the remote to watch Arnab Goswami shouting his lungs out. Yes, at times even he is tolerable given the ludicrous nature of plot progression in daily soaps.

Sanaya beams through the desert ala Aishwarya Rai or Deepika Padukone from a Bhansali movie. Ashish’s looks and expressions match that of a desert cactus. Sanaya, as usual comes across affable initially, then slips into her comfort zone of being amplified.

Ashish looks good on screen but hey…get a little more emotive and expressive. There’s no harm in ample usage of your face muscles.

What really impressed us is the show’s high production value (Produced by Nautanki Films-Saurabh Tewari and Abhinav Shukla) and the cinematography (Sanjay Memane and Anil Katke).

The shots are captivating and lend a lucid viewing experience.

Dialogues written by Raghuveer Shekawat are good but actors need to work hard on the diction part.

What really stands out is the setting, costumes (Ritu Deora) and the art direction (Sumit Mishra). Clap for the team in that front!!!

We have a suggestion for the creative team and director Siddharth Sengupta: cut down on the close up slow motion shots and yawning build up before scenes. A girl getting molested and being saved by the hero is so so clichéd. You guys can do a lot better.

Rangrasiya is a show which is nothing special but we hope the coming tracks would prove us wrong. And yes, we loved the title song (Sourav Kalsi). Power and energy to team Rangrasiya!!!

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thrisha's picture

sanaya and asish doing their best no one can touch the acting stage of sanayaaaaaaaaaaaa how can you say that show is not good BSD and villagers is a very different theme so guysssssssssssssss get relief from regular stories like saas and bahu are quarlling regarding coocking food,small mistakes and big investigation(saath nibana saathiya) -------------
Gareema's picture

Finally a sigh of relief something to watch on TV other than saas bahu sagas.Loving Rangrasiya .Especially the actors and the justice they are doing to their roles.Sanaya is looking very pretty and very promising in the role.But its Ashish who is stealing our hearts.His rugged looks and that killing gaze is just too good.His portrayal of a rude ,brash officer is amazing .I give Ashish 10 on 10.Hoping to see a nice love story between the two.Please stick to same storyline and do not diverge it same old domestic story.KUDOS to the team please continue to give many more exciting episodes.Rangrasiya is only reason to glue to screen at 9.30.I have a lot of expectations from it hoping this team will come up to my expectations.Ashish and Sanaya are suberb in their roles.
Khawar haider's picture

I agree with the comment before me ...Luv Rangrasiya I love it as it is going along ....Ashish is superb in his movements and in his looks....the way he applied the mehendi was out of this world .....his looks are so passionate and his eyes are gorgeous......its come to a very good point now that the Thakar has been dealt with and Paro believes in Rudra. But this accusation for burning his father can be sorted out soon .....and I am sure it is done so that they can once again find how much they care for each other......Rudra should feel who could do such a thing......but mysteries do take time to solve so let's hope it is nicely done....Rudra stays with the army which is a great thing....and so on.....I really look forward to the show and am enjoying it very much.
asma's picture

loving every bit of it. its tooo good. love ashish!!!!!!! keep it up guys we love you and want to see lots more of you guys. xxxx
Navneet Kaur's picture

I love this show.I want everyone to love it and i wish this show should grow more for years.am so addicted to this now.
mn's picture

aisa bakwaas serial kabhi zindagi mai nahi dekha woh actor kam sar phira ziyada lagta hai or woh actress kam pagal ziyada lagti hai lekin sanaya k phele drama serials dekhe us mai isnai itne burai role nahi kye is drama ka lagta hai ............demaag kharab hai soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad!
zoya 's picture

Rangrasiya s an awesome show..sanaya looks really pretty n ths show...nd rudra has an intense look which has stole r heart away....i don't even miss an episode of ths show....ths serial doesn't hav te same kind of luv story which te othr serials hav...u guyz rock...sanaya and ashish all te bst for ur show. I luv u sanayaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:*
Cr's picture

FLOP!!!!
ritu raj's picture

I have never seen a serial like this
Neema's picture

Brilliant show Rangrasiya but have missed some episodes, very difficult to watch on that time slots, only seen 2 weeks of the show and would love to see show from beginning but can't view full episode online because, not uploading for UK viewer's. Should get higher TRP ratings

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